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IN MEMORY OF THE PERRY COUNTY VETERANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY.

IN MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES WHO ON LAND AND SEA DEFENDED THE NATION'S HONOR IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN, THE INSURRECTION IN THE PHILIPPINE AND THE CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION.

DURING WORLD WAR II EVERYONE WAS ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE METAL TO HELP THE WAR EFFORT. MANY RELIC CANNON WERE GIVEN TO ASSIST THIS EFFORT. THE ORIGINAL CANNON DONATED BY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS WAS DONATED FOR SCRAP METAL. THE CANNON WHICH REPLACED THE ...

DURING WORLD WAR II EVERYONE WAS ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE METAL TO HELP THE WAR EFFORT. MANY RELIC CANNON WERE GIVEN TO ASSIST THIS EFFORT. THE ORIGINAL CANNON DONATED BY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS WAS DONATED FOR SCRAP METAL. THE CANNON WHICH REPLACED THE ...

TO THE MEMORY OF ALL SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANS LIVING AND DEAD.

IN HONOR OF FLOYD COUNTY MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY. HONOR TO OUR CIVIL WAR VETERANS. HONOR TO OUR SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANS. HONOR TO OUR WORLD WAR I VETERANS. HONOR TO OUR WORLD WAR II VETERANS.

THIS NATIONAL CEMETERY IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 7 ESTABLISHED IN 1862 BY CONGRESS. THERE ARE OVER 5,000 INTERNMENTS FROM 7 CONFLICTS, CIVIL WAR, WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, KOREAN WAR AND THE VIETNAM WAR.

HE ROSE FROM A PRIVATE DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR TO LT. GENERAL COMMANDING THE 6TH CORPS OF THE ARMY IN WORLD WAR II. GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SAID, "HE WAS SWIFT AND SURE IN ATTACK: TENACIOUS AND DETERMINED IN DEFENSE, MODEST AND RESTRAINED IN VICTOR ...

IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF THE VOLUNTEERS OF 1898.

THE CITIZENS OF KNOX COUNTY HAVE BEEN SUMMONED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO ANSWER THEIR COUNTRY'S NEED TO FILL THE RANKS OF ITS ARMED SERVICES IN CONFLICTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THESE MEMORIALS BEFORE YOU ARE DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFIC ...

THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO HONOR ALL RECIPIENTS OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR. THE MEMORIAL CONSISTS OF 27 GLASS PANELS EACH REPRESENTING AN ARMED CONFLICT IN WHICH A MEDAL OF HONOR WAS AWARDED.

THE MONUMENT WAS ERECTED TO HONOR HOOSIERS WHO WERE VETERANS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR THROUGH THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

CELEBRATES LIEUTENANT COLONEL GEORGE ROGERS CLARK'S CAPTURE OF FORT SACKVILLE FROM THE BRITISH. THIS REMAINS ONE OF THE GREAT VICTORIES AND FEATS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

THIS STATUE IS KNOWN AS "THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY", DESIGNED TO HONOR THE VETERANS AND CASUALTIES OF WORLD WAR I.MASS PRODUCED IN THE 1920S AND 1930S FOR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. IT'S TITLE IS OFTEN SHORTEN TO "THE DOUGHBOY". ...

ORIGINALLY BUILT TO HONOR THE VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I. THE LOCATION BECAME THE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND A MEMORIAL TO THE STATE'S AND THE NATION'S VETERANS.

AFTER DELIVERING CRITICAL PARTS FOR THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB TO TINIAN THE SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK. FOUR DAYS LATER SURVIVORS WERE RETRIEVED FROM THE SEA. OF THE 1,196 CREWMEN ONLY 317 SAILORS SURVIVED. THIS LEAD TO THE SINGLE GREATEST LOSS OF LIFE AT SE ...

HONORING THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ADAMS COUNTY WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.